בְּרִית

Same idea, other words · Covenant

A covenant is a binding relationship God initiates. The Greek Old Testament's diatheke carries the idea into the New Testament, including the new covenant in Christ's blood.

• בְּרִיתberit covenantcovenant, a binding agreement and relationshipH1285
• διαθήκηdiathēkē covenantcovenant (also 'will' in everyday Greek)G1242

Where it appears

• Genesis27
• Exodus13
• Leviticus10
• Numbers5
• Deuteronomy27
• Joshua22
• Judges4
• 1 Samuel8
• 2 Samuel6
• 1 Kings14
• 2 Kings12
• 1 Chronicles13
• 2 Chronicles17
• Ezra1
• Nehemiah4
• Job3
• Psalms21
• Proverbs1
• Isaiah12
• Jeremiah24
• Ezekiel18
• Daniel7
• Hosea5
• Amos1
• Obadiah1
• Zechariah2
• Malachi6

Every use · 101–150 of 284 · BSB

1. Joshua 9:15בְּרִ֖יתa covenant

   And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

2. Joshua 9:16בְּרִ֑יתa covenant

   Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.

3. Joshua 23:16בְּרִ֨ית[the] covenant of

   If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”

4. Joshua 24:25בְּרִ֛יתa covenant

   On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

5. Judges 2:1בְּרִיתִ֛יcovenant my

   Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

6. Judges 2:2בְרִית֙a covenant

   and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

7. Judges 2:20בְּרִיתִי֙covenant my

   So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

8. Judges 20:27בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

   And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

9. 1 Samuel 4:3בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

   When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”

10. 1 Samuel 4:4בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

11. 1 Samuel 4:4בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

12. 1 Samuel 4:5בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.

13. 1 Samuel 11:1בְרִ֖יתa covenant

    Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

14. 1 Samuel 18:3בְּרִ֑יתa covenant

    Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

15. 1 Samuel 20:8בִּבְרִ֣יתin [the] covenant of

    Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

16. 1 Samuel 23:18בְּרִ֖יתa covenant

    So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

17. 2 Samuel 3:12בְרִֽיתְךָ֙covenant your

    Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

18. 2 Samuel 3:13בְּרִ֑יתa covenant

    “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

19. 2 Samuel 3:21בְּרִ֔יתa covenant

    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

20. 2 Samuel 5:3בְּרִ֛יתa covenant

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

21. 2 Samuel 15:24בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

    Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had passed out of the city.

22. 2 Samuel 23:5בְרִ֨יתa covenant of

    Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

23. 1 Kings 3:15בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

24. 1 Kings 5:12בְרִ֖יתa covenant

    And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

25. 1 Kings 6:19בְּרִ֥ית[the] covenant of

    Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

26. 1 Kings 8:1בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

27. 1 Kings 8:6בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

28. 1 Kings 8:21בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

    And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

29. 1 Kings 8:23הַבְּרִית֙the covenant

    and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

30. 1 Kings 11:11בְּרִיתִ֣יcovenant my

    Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

31. 1 Kings 15:19בְּרִית֙a covenant

    “Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

32. 1 Kings 15:19בְּרִֽיתְךָ֙covenant your

    “Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

33. 1 Kings 19:10בְרִֽיתְךָ֙covenant your

    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

34. 1 Kings 19:14בְרִֽיתְךָ֙covenant your

    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

35. 1 Kings 20:34בַּבְּרִ֣יתwith the covenant

    Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

36. 1 Kings 20:34בְרִ֖יתa covenant

    Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

37. 2 Kings 11:4בְּרִ֜יתa covenant

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

38. 2 Kings 11:17הַבְּרִ֗יתthe covenant

    Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

39. 2 Kings 13:23בְּרִית֔וֹcovenant his

    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.

40. 2 Kings 17:15בְּרִיתוֹ֙covenant his

    They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

41. 2 Kings 17:35בְּרִ֔יתa covenant

    For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.

42. 2 Kings 17:38וְהַבְּרִ֛יתand the covenant

    Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,

43. 2 Kings 18:12בְּרִית֔וֹcovenant his

    This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.

44. 2 Kings 23:2הַבְּרִ֔יתthe covenant

    And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

45. 2 Kings 23:3הַבְּרִ֣יתthe covenant

    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

46. 2 Kings 23:3הַבְּרִ֣יתthe covenant

    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

47. 2 Kings 23:3בַּבְּרִֽיתin the covenant

    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

48. 2 Kings 23:21הַבְּרִ֖יתthe covenant

    The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

49. 1 Chronicles 11:3בְּרִ֛יתa covenant

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

50. 1 Chronicles 15:25בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.